CVE-2022-0517

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in mozilla vpn. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mozilla VPN can load an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured directory. A user or attacker with limited privileges could leverage this to launch arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN < 2.7.1.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-434
Published: 2022-12-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mozilla:vpn

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752291
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-08/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752291
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-08/

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